St Peter's Church, Mawdesley
Church in Lancashire, England
St Peter's Church, Mawdesley St Peter's Church, Mawdesley, from the west
St Peter's Church, Mawdesley
Location in the Borough of Chorley
53°37′25″N 2°46′24″W / 53.6236°N 2.7732°W / 53.6236; -2.7732 OS grid reference SD 489,143 Location Church Lane, Mawdesley , Lancashire Country England Denomination Anglican Website St Peter Mawdesley Status Parish church Functional status Active Heritage designation Grade II Designated 30 January 1987 Architect(s) Edmund Sharpe , Peter Balmer,Richard Knill Freeman Architectural type Church Style Gothic Revival Groundbreaking 1839 Completed 1892 Materials Sandstone , slate roofProvince York Diocese Blackburn Archdeaconry Blackburn Deanery Chorley Parish St Peter, Mawdesley Rector Revd David J. Reynolds Reader(s) Bill O'Neill, Derek Swann, Organist(s) Mrs Margaret Smith Churchwarden(s) Brian Kay, Bob Gordon
St Peter's Church is in High Street in the village of Mawdesley , Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Chorley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn .[ 1] National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building .[ 2]
History
St Peter's was designed in 1838, and built in 1839–40 to a design by the Lancaster architect Edmund Sharpe . Its estimated cost in 1839 was £950 (equivalent to £110,000 in 2023).[ 3] [ 4] chancel was added in 1878–79 by Peter Balmer, an architect from Ormskirk , and in 1892 the church was restored by Richard Knill Freeman .[ 5]
Architecture
The church is constructed in sandstone with a slate roof. Its plan consists of a five-bay nave , a chancel, and a slender west tower that is partly embraced by the nave. The westernmost bay of the nave on the north side is gabled and contains lancet windows ; its counterpart on the south has an arched doorway. The other bays are separated by buttresses and each contains a tall square-headed two-light window. The east window has five lights and is in Perpendicular style. The tower has diagonal buttresses. Its first stage is tall and originally had open arches on each side; these have been filled in and incorporate windows and a west door. Above is a single-light louvred bell-opening on each face, then a stepped parapet with crocketted pinnacles . It is surmounted by a slender octagonal spire. Inside the church is a west gallery supported by two cast iron columns.[ 2] [ 6] Church of St John the Baptist, Bretherton designed by Sharpe at about the same time.[ 2] [ 5]
External features
The churchyard contains the war graves of three soldiers of World War I , and an airman of World War II .[ 7]
See also
References
^ St Peter, Mawdesley w Bispham Church of England , retrieved 9 April 2010 ^ a b c Historic England , "Church of St Peter, Mawdesley (1072501)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 28 May 2012 ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)" , MeasuringWorth , retrieved 7 May 2024
^ Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin , Swindon: English Heritage , p. 211, ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8 ^ a b Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North , The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press , p. 449, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9 ^ "NPOR [S00088]" , National Pipe Organ Register British Institute of Organ Studies , retrieved 2 July 2020 ^ MAWDESLEY (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD Commonwealth War Graves Commission , retrieved 15 February 2013
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